Definitely not Zappa.
The parallel 12ths at 2:06 - 2:20 ought to convince you.
A few motifs just touches on Zappa, but the whole organization and mixture of elements isn't in his line at all.
Plus: it's hardly a synclavier. Sounds very General MIDI to me (- it's not an analogue accordion, Morbo, as you can tell from the vibrato).

Here is an unreleased Synclavier track from the post-Jazz From Hell, pre-Civilization Phaze III era, named in tribute to FZ's boon companion Lakshminarayana Shankar.

Please note: It is my understanding that this track originates from a lossy source.

It is also my understanding, from the super-cool person who was the source of many of my rarest FZ rarities, that this track does not circulate in any other form.

My guess is that— like the Beatles Get Back reels— this track was archived via minidisc or similar compressed storage medium as part of its lineage.

Lakshi just might be my favourite unreleased FZ track of all time. I've never come across another copy. I believe the quality and ultra-scarcity of this piece should overcome any qualms about source. If any of the faithful here can prove me wrong by posting a lossless version, please do so! If not, and if the lineage of this track is accepted, perhaps this thread could be moved to the Outtakes/Unreleased forum.

In the meantime, enjoy this rarest of Zappa treats!

I dedicate this torrent to my friends from Zappanale 18. May we meet again at Zappanale 19!

I could be wrong, but I remain skeptical about this being a Zappa composition. The rhythmic approach and certain compositional cliches (mainly the descending sequences near the beginning) just don't sound like FZ at all to my mind. Maybe it's just that the whole thing is too slow--one or two posters in the Zappateers thread suggest that it may have been played back at the wrong sample speed.

Even if it's from UMRK, does that necessarily mean it's Zappa's work? Could've been an experiment by someone else who worked with FZ's gear, like David Ocker (who did the note inputting for Francesco) or one of the engineers.

Surely it could be possible to contact someone from inside to definitively (dis)prove Frank's ownership of this composition. It really bothers me how many people are taking it on faith only that this is Zappa. One has to be more skeptical than that.

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